This Week in Music History: Bob Dylan

With the news of Bob Dylan recording a new record and also going on a national tour we’ll take you back to early March 1968.

It was Saturday, under the sign of Pisces. The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic). In that special week of March people in US were listening to Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra. In UK Cinderella Rockefella by Esther & Abi Ofarim was in the top 5 hits. Stay Away, Joe, directed by Peter Tewksbury, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1968 while The Confessions Of Nat Turner by William Styron was one of the best selling books. The top songs in the USA looked like this:

Bob Dylan started a ten week run at No.1 on the UK chart with John Wesley Harding. The album marked Dylan’s return to acoustic music after three albums of electric rock music and was exceptionally well received by critics, also reaching No.2 on the US charts. The commercial performance was considered remarkable, considering that Dylan had made Columbia Records release the album without much publicity.

Now 48 years later Bob Dylan will be releasing his follow up to Fallen Angels, his 2015 album consisting of Frank Sinatra covers. The record will be titled Shadows in the Night, and will be released on May 20th to kickoff his 27 city tour around the country. For ticketing info head to Bob Dylan’s Official Site. Here’s the list of tour dates and locations if any of you want to enjoy the twilight of a true musical legend.